Yankees vs. White Sox Game Postponed Due to Canadian Wildfires and Air Quality Concerns

major league announced this Wednesday that the game between the Yankees and White Sox scheduled for this afternoon it was postponed to Thursday due to smoke and pollution in New York due to the hundreds of fires that are ravaging Canada.

The “concern for air quality” was the argument used by the MLB in a statement to postpone this game to Thursday.

This way, the New York team and the Chicago team They will meet tomorrow in a double confrontation.

blown away by the wind, ash and pollution from the fires in Canada have caused New York seem submerged this Wednesday in a thick cloud of yellow and gray smoke with apocalyptic overtones.

This series of three matches between The Yankees and White Sox began Tuesday with a 2-3 victory for Chicago thanks to a great performance by the Mexican Seby Zavala, who hit two homers and drove in all three runs for the visitors in this duel.

Also the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Detroit Tigers was postponed to Thursday for the same reason.

Poor air quality on the US East Coast. also forced to delay to August 9 the soccer game between the NJ/NY Gotham FC and the Orlando Pride of the NWSL, which is the women’s soccer league in the US.

In addition, and despite the fact that in this case it is a game in an enclosed area, the WNBA basketball game between the New York Liberty and The Minnesota Lynx was postponed to “protect health and safety” of the fans, the New York team said in a statement.

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